Former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell has been forced to withdraw from his first meeting since last year's Olympic final because of a hamstring injury, Athletics Australia said on Tuesday. ...
12:42 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Acknowledging India's increasing role on global stage, the US leaders said the two countries have vast opportunities and open lines of communication will help us to make our relationship effective. Co-Chairs of the powerful Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans along with the dozen US lawmakers on Wednesday met in a special briefing to discuss relationship with India. ...
06:13 AM, Feb 28, 2013
Before the start of the five-match series West Indian captain Darren Sammy spoke of how he believed his team could achieve a rare ODI trophy. Now, after two consecutive defeats, Sammy finds West Indies needing to win the third match in Canberra on Wednesday to keep the series alive. ...
09:00 AM, Feb 05, 2013
Kieran Powell said he was disappointed at not being able to deliver a victory for the West Indies in the second ODI against Australia. ...
04:13 PM, Feb 04, 2013
New Delhi: Promising a "thorough" probe by FBI into Wisconsin Gurudwara shooting in which six Sikhs were killed, US Ambassador Nancy Powell has said that anyone found involved in the incident will be brought to justice. "Our Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation; though the news suggests this was the act of one individual, if anyone else is involved, they will be brought to justice and charged under...
07:10 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Former world-record holder Asafa Powell is out the Olympic sprint relay for Jamaica after pulling his left groin during the 100-meter final. His agent, Paul Doyle, says Powell has two strains in his left groin after he hobbled across the finish line in eighth place in Sunday's final. Doyle says Powell also won't compete in anymore Diamond League meets, ending his season. Powell also had to pull out of...
11:05 PM, Aug 08, 2012
London: Jamaican former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell's season is over after additional medical tests confirmed a strained left adductor muscle, his agent told Reuters on Tuesday. "It would be about three weeks to recover from the strain, and at that stage without having trained for three weeks, it just does not make sense to continue," Paul Doyle said in a telephone interview. Surgery will not be required...
10:40 AM, Aug 08, 2012
Manchester United and Barcelona look to start their season on a good note when they play in a pre-season friendly at Gothenbrug in Sweden on Wednesday. The last time both teams played one another was the Champions League final in 2010 in which the Catalans thumped Alex Ferguson's men 3-1 at Wembley. Ferguson is still there, but Pep Guardiola has since left Barcelona and Tito Vilanova has taken over. Both...
08:45 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Marlon Samuels struck a brilliant 123 but New Zealand's seamers set up a healthy first innings lead on a gripping second day. ...
08:56 PM, Aug 03, 2012
New Zealand were 199 for 3 in their second innings at stumps against West Indies on day 4 of the first Test. ...
10:32 PM, Jul 28, 2012
Chris Gayle struck 150 and fellow opener Kieran Powell made 134 on Friday as the West Indies reached 442 for 6 and took a first-innings lead of 91 on the third day of the first Test. ...
08:01 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Birmingham, England: Days before the end of its pre-Olympics training camp at the University of Birmingham, sprinter Asafa Powell, along with two reigning Olympic champions, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Melaine Walker, are yet to join the Jamaican team. Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Mike Fennell had said arrangements would be made with athletes who were scheduled for meets during the camp, but while some like Michael Frater, Nesta Carter and Andrew...
02:47 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Adopt a winning attitude. Like any football or basketball coach, you always " always " believe you're going to win. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the life cycle of a unit or company. A leader has to constantly say, "We have a problem; let's go and get it" " and convey that attitude with passion and intensity. Take calculated risks I was with Mikhail Gorbachev as...
03:23 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Opener Kieran Powell scored 139 to give West Indies A a crucial 90-run lead at stumps on day two of the 3rd Test. ...
08:58 AM, Jun 18, 2012
Chennai: The US on Sunday said several recent policy decisions by India were discriminatory to foreign companies and have "dampened sentiment" about its investment climate. "The adoption of manufacturing policies discriminatory to foreign companies and the inclusion of retroactive tax provisions in the Finance Bill are two examples," US Ambassador to India Nancy J Powell said. Voicing concern over challenges to trade and investment between the two nations, she called...
05:15 PM, May 21, 2012
Chennai: The United States is committed to help Tamil Nadu realise the goals set in its Vision 2023 document, to put the state on par with upper middle income countries in southeast Asia, said the US envoy to India. Speaking at a function organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce here Monday, US Ambassador Nancy J. Powell said: "The United States is committed to helping Tamil Nadu realise these goals...
01:26 PM, May 21, 2012
Kieran Powell scored the first hundred of the West Indies tour of England as they avoided an embarrassing defeat against the England Lions. ...
08:36 AM, May 13, 2012
Kolkata: US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell is slated to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. The meeting comes ahead of the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Kolkata in May. According to sources, Powell and Mamata are likely to discuss the latter's concerns with regard to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The sources have also said that the US Ambassador will try to allay...
03:38 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: US companies are poised to sign defence deals totalling $8 billion with India, US Ambassador Nancy Powell said on Friday at her first public speech since arriving in New Delhi this month. Powell did not specify which companies she was talking about or when the deals would be signed, but embassy officials said she was referring to negotiations that include about a dozen Apache helicopters along with engines...
06:00 PM, Apr 27, 2012
Washington: The US Senate on Friday confirmed career diplomat Nancy Powell as ambassador to India, a position that had remained vacant for the past year. The Senate confirmed ambassadors to 16 countries following Obama administrations's concern over the posts lying vacant. The confirmation had been lying pending before the senate for about two months now. Obama's first ambassador to India, former congressman Timothy Roemer, had announced his resignation in April...
03:40 AM, Mar 31, 2012
